York Open Studios 2025
5-6 and 12-13 April 2025
10am - 5pm
We are delighted to return with our biggest ever event. This year we have more than 160 artists exhibiting in over 100 venues. Over two weekends we invite you to meet some of York’s most talented artists. Chat to them in person about their processes, look around the places where they work, choose a unique piece of art to take home. Venues range from small studios in the artists’ homes to large commercial workshops and often offer access to special places not usually open to the public, and of course what makes York Open Studios different from so many other exhibitions is that at every venue you will find the makers themselves ready to welcome you and show you around.
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With something for everyone and every budget, traditional and contemporary painting and print, illustration, drawing and ceramics, glass and sculpture, jewellery, textiles, mixed media, photography and installation art, York Open Studios celebrates this year in style. Three independent selectors chose from applications from regular and new artists, some longstanding York residents and some new to the city, bringing a wealth of diverse work. The only constant is that York Open Studios’ aim remains the same: to bring stimulating and varied work to buyers and those interested to see the creative process. A peek into where the magic happens!
Charmian Ottaway, committee member and contemporary designer jeweller says:
“These weekends are a highlight in the cultural calendar and this year 2025 is also a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the ethos behind YOS: welcoming visitors to our art spaces and showing them talent in action. The maps on our website or in the printed directory help you plan your day, whether that’s to find the type of work and medium that appeals to you, find an artist with whom you already have an interest or check out new artists and their work to inspire you.”
The YOS weekends are perfect for the ‘drop-in’ visitor on a day out in York, regular collectors who are checking in on new work and those who just want to see talent in action. Regular artists such as wood carver Dave Atkin, painter Kerry Moffatt, furniture maker Marcus Jacka and jewellery designer Emma Welsh, will help you build your collection, or visitors can seek out something entirely new with artists such as painter Marcus Callum, photographer Alasdair McIntosh, homeware and furniture maker George Younge and printmaker Nic Fife, who are new to YOS.
Visit the website for more information www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk and access the interactive map York Open Studios interactive map. Alternatively, a free printed directory is available from various tourist hubs and artist locations throughout the city of York and the wider city region. Plan your route to maximise the range of artists or organise your day interspersed with something entirely different! Whatever your style, it’s time to put the dates in the diary.
York Open Studios Taster Exhibition
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 March 2025
The Taster Exhibition will be held in the Hospitium, Museum Gardens. This event will showcase examples of work from most of our artists taking part this year and give an opportunity to get a taste of what’s to come during the following York Open Studios weekends. You will also be able to grab a copy of the directory to help plan your route whilst visiting artists.
